Adjacent Possible

In which I carve spoons , listen to podcasts and take a brief, meandering walk through post-pandemic society via ‘“doomer optimism”, situated cognition, Cynefin, beauty and the on-going wonderful experiment at Mount Wolfe Farm. I spent a lovely few hours yesterday making carving billets from a bit of sugar maple…

In the agile community, most agile practitioners keep saying: “Hey, you need to have fully self-organized, self-direct agile teams; you should delegate all decisions to teams; they should make all decisions about the market and …” And start to blame leaders. …

The covid-19 lockdown of 2020 caused many of the joys of the city to evaporate. Yes, we live in tiny apartments, streets are crowded, air quality is not great, parking is a nightmare, but think about all those joys we normally have in close proximity! Wonderful dining options, clubbing till…

Finding ourselves unfolding paths through possibility spaces. Scene and Scenius Since humanity is not yet at a collective level of evolutionary understanding, we are focussing on and amplifying, individuals who serve as channels for archetypal energies, of catharsis, uplift, truth, love and beauty. Did You Notice? “>” = media attention…

A gleaming 19-story skyscraper in the High Falls district of Rochester, New York has been the setting of a long and painful corporate death. Its demise offers crucial lessons for business leaders in traditional industries facing disruption. Once a darling of Wall Street with an impressive 122-year history, the global…